curb

Who acts: your, curb, you, bus · What happens: curb, be, keep, temper, try, use · To what, where: something, it, control, temper, stone edge, appetite

«curb» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: curb in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To curb something is to hold it back or keep it under control: curb your temper.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 curb	mark
2	curb	curb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hold	advcl
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 curb	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hold	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hold	mark
6	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hold	obj
8	back	back	ADV	_	6 hold	advmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 keep	cc
10	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 hold	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 keep	obj
12	under	under	ADP	_	13 control	case
13	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	obl
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 curb	punct
15	curb	curb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 hold	conj
16	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 temper	nmod:poss
17	temper	temper	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 curb	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	curb	to-infinitive		something			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient
2	is	present				hold property	tree rules
3	keep	infinitive		it	control		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme under control=Location
4	curb	infinitive		your temper			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temper=Patient
5	temper		your				nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Meaning 2

A curb is the stone edge of a pavement by the road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 curb	det
2	curb	curb	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 edge	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 edge	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 edge	det
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 edge	compound
6	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 pavement	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pavement	det
9	pavement	pavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 edge	nmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 edge	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 edge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a curb	the stone edge				of a pavement; by the road	tree rules

Example 1

Try to curb your appetite at the party.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 curb	mark
3	curb	curb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Try	xcomp
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 appetite	nmod:poss
5	appetite	appetite	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 curb	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 party	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 party	det
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 curb	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	imperative	you not said here						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	curb not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	your appetite		the party			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appetite=Patient

Example 2

The rider used the bit to curb the horse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rider	det
2	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obl:unmarked
6	to	to	PART	_	7 curb	mark
7	curb	curb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 horse	det
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 curb	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · passive		the rider				the bit obl:unmarked	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	curb	to-infinitive		the horse					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient

Example 3

Stand back from the curb when the bus comes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Stand	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 curb	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 curb	det
5	curb	curb	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 comes	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bus	det
8	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 comes	nsubj
9	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Stand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand back	imperative	you not said here			the curb			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	come	present	the bus						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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